The phrase „голосовать ногами / głosować nogami” in contemporary Russian and Polish Cover Image

Выражение „голосовать ногами / głosować nogami” в современном русском и польском языках
The phrase „голосовать ногами / głosować nogami” in contemporary Russian and Polish

Author(s): Jolanta Miturska-Bojanowska, Jolanta Ignatowicz-Skowrońska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: Since the end of the 20th century, in the Russian and Polish language the phrase голосовать ногами / głosować nogami has broadened its usage and its meaning in both languages. This refers to the primal Latin phrase pedibus in sententiam ire. Its popularity could be related to the influence of the English idiom vote with your feet.

  • Issue Year: 41/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 361-370
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian